"We're about the
bluest state you could be," said Ralph Martire,
director of the bipartisan Center for Tax and
Budget Accountability..." Martire agreed, saying
the "general public will be clued-in" more than
before...The almost too-close-to-call vote
shouldn't have been,...
Comparing the Budget Proposals of Quinn, Brady, and Others, Chicago
Access Network TV, 10/28/2010
Ralph Martire, Executive Director of The Center for Tax and Budget
Accountability (ctbaonline.org), compares the Illinois gubernatorial
candidates' budget proposals. This program was recorded by Chicago
Access Network Television (CAN TV). To purchase a DVD, contact CAN
TV's Community Partners at (312) 738-1400 or at communitypartners@cantv.org.
EthicsDaily.com
Tackles Forbidden, Contentious Topic of Faith and Taxes,
10/6/2010
Ralph Martire, a Catholic layman who heads up the Center for Tax and
Budget Accountability in Chicago, is one of the people featured in the
new EthicsDaily.com documentary, "Sacred Texts, Social Duty."
Ralph Martire
(Director of the Center for Tax and Budget
Accountability), who has spoken in the community
and written some columns for The Daily Journal,
is excellent in his...
Ralph Martire, the
executive director of the Center for Tax and
Budget Accountability, travels the state
campaigning for an increase in the state
income...
Tax shift seen as
solution to state budget crisis Illinois, the
fifth-richest state in the country in 2008 in
gross domestic product, is going through the
worst fiscal crisis it has ever seen, said Ralph
Martire, executive director of the Chicago-based
Center for Tax and Budget...
But according to Ralph
Martire, executive director of the Chicago-based
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, few
are the real reasons for the $13 billion
deficit... Martire was the featured speaker
Saturday at a town hall meeting on the state
budget crisis in Bradley sponsored by state
Rep......
Illinois, the
fifth-richest state in the country in 2008 in
gross domestic product, is going through the
worst fiscal crisis it has ever seen, said Ralph
Martire, executive director of the Chicago-based
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability...Lisa
Dugan, D-Bradley, where Martire was the
featured...
Illinois, the fifth
richest state in the country in 2008 in gross
domestic product, is going through the worst
fiscal crisis it has ever seen, said Ralph
Martire, executive director of the Chicago-based
Center for Tax and Budget Accountability...Lisa
Dugan, D-Bradley, where Martire was the
featured...
The result is a
paralyzed state that is falling further and
further into budget disaster, said Ralph Martire,
executive director of the Center for Tax and
Budget Policy and a key proponent of higher
taxes to solve what he sees as a structural
state budget deficit...It just needs to get
done,"...
A presentation by
Ralph Martire, executive director for the Center
for Tax and Budget Accountability, will help
clear up the confusion with data and statistics
of the current spending...
"The good news is,"
said Ralph Martire, executive director of the
bipartisan Center for Tax and Budget
Accountability, "it's as bad as it gets...3
billion, Martire spoke to a crowd of about 24
people, including state Rep... "There's no
cherry-picking in data," Martire...
As Illinois struggles with a $13 billion
deficit — one of the worst in the country — human services groups
and tax watchdog organizations pushed state lawmakers last week to
raise taxes. The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability released a
study that shows that human service organizations have been
underfunded by $4.4 billion since 2002.
Chicago Talks, 3/1/2010
In a report
released today, the Center on Tax and Budget Accountability (CTBA)
documented the effects of the state's waning support for human
services. Their conclusion: nonprofit agencies have been left to
cover a $4.4 billion shortfall over the past seven years and shed
54,000 human services jobs. Progress Illinois, 2/24/2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -
Ralph Martire, Executive Director of the Center for Tax and
Budget Accountability, and Sen. Mattie Hunter say Illinois
already spends less on human services than most other
states. While Illinois has the 5th largest state budget, we
rank 43rd in human services spending. Illinois Channel,
2/24/2010
Center for Tax and Budget
Accountability executive director Ralph Martire addresses
the enormous scope of next year's state budget deficit, and
the need for comprehensive reform to raise revenue and make
taxes fairer. http://www.flickr.com/photos/abetterillinois/3969323834 Responsible Budget Coalition Kickoff Event
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